Milk gifted to schools in flood-hit provinces

Thirty tonnes of milk were donated to schools in northern provinces that were ravaged by flooding last month and early this month. (Photo Coutersy of FrieslandCampina Vietnam)

HCM City (VNA) - The Ministry of Education and Training and Dutch-owned
dairy company FrieslandCampina in Vietnam have donated 30 tonnes of milk
to schools in northern provinces, which were badly affected by floods that
began at the end of July.

The schools are in the districts of
Mu Cang Chai in Yen Bai Province, Muong La in Son La and Tan Son in Phu Tho.

At the handover ceremony, Colonel Hoang
Van Tong, deputy head of the ministry’s department of national defence,
encouraged staff and students at the schools to try and overcome their
difficulties caused by the floods.

Kindergarten and primary school
students in disadvantaged areas in the provinces of Son La, Dien Bien and Ha
Giang also received 12 tonnes of milk earlier.

The Ministry of Education and
Training conferred
a Certificate of Merit on FrieslandCampina Vietnam for providing nutrition to
children, especially in disadvantaged border areas. -VNA